title: Iron dextran: bone imaging patterns of absorption--a case report.
abstract: This case illustrates two different patterns of absorption of Iron Dextran in the gluteal soft tissues due to an intramuscular and a more proper Z-track technique. A 65 year old female presented to the nuclear medicine service for a bone scan to rule out metastatic disease from a surgically resected colon cancer. While the first bone scan showed no evidence of metastases, an abnormal accumulation of Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate was noted in the left gluteal soft tissue region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Meholic
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Arrington
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Wiest
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Olander
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002081:Buttocks / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007505:Iron-Dextran Complex / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D007505:Iron-Dextran Complex; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate